Chinese non-English majors are a large group of English learners.In the process of English pronunciation acquisition,issues such as incomplete phonological knowledge,transfer of mother tongue,and overgeneralization,le...Chinese non-English majors are a large group of English learners.In the process of English pronunciation acquisition,issues such as incomplete phonological knowledge,transfer of mother tongue,and overgeneralization,lead to confusion of phonemes and stress,misunderstanding of syllable structure,and errors of assimilation,drop,and epenthesis.The accuracy of English pronunciation can only be improved by knowing both English and Chinese phonological systems,strengthening the teaching of English phonological knowledge,and adopting various phonological training activities.展开更多
This article aims at the discussion of cultural interferences in foreign language teaching and learning for Chinese non-English majors. It also calls for more attention from teachers, textbook compilers, and students ...This article aims at the discussion of cultural interferences in foreign language teaching and learning for Chinese non-English majors. It also calls for more attention from teachers, textbook compilers, and students themselves.展开更多
Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learnin...Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learning is boring and have a negative attitude towards grammar. So,it's necessary and urgent to teach them grammar.展开更多
Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps abou...Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps about the English learning have appeared. So this paper tries to put forward some effective ways to reform the oral English teaching for non-English majors based on FIF--a cell phone app about oral English learning after analyzing the status quo of current oral English teaching and learning and the advantages of FIF.展开更多
This paper presents some reflections on non-English major postgraduate English teaching reform. The author points out some understandings on the English proficiency of non-English major postgraduate students and curri...This paper presents some reflections on non-English major postgraduate English teaching reform. The author points out some understandings on the English proficiency of non-English major postgraduate students and curriculum changes in the reform. The author thinks that postgraduate English teaching reform is a systematic project, with a goal to meet the practical needs of postgraduate students and improve their ability to use English in their study and work. Hence, every effort of the reform should be made to satisfy the practical needs of the students and to make their English study contribute to their achievements in their own subject area.展开更多
This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is imp...This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.展开更多
In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the im...In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the importance of pragmatics on translation learning for non-English majors.展开更多
Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a te...Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a teaching example.展开更多
China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters(CATTI)is the most authoritative accreditation for translation and interpretation qualification in China.It is an important task to improve English majors’tran...China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters(CATTI)is the most authoritative accreditation for translation and interpretation qualification in China.It is an important task to improve English majors’translating and interpreting ability in specialist cultivation.By applying CATTI level 3 to translation course teaching for English majors,this paper aims to explore CATTI participation in teaching practice from the perspective of teaching contents,teaching forms,and teaching methods so as to realize close integration between CATTI and cultivation of English majors in translation for training more qualified translators and interpreters.展开更多
The way of English teaching for English majors is a process of change.The paper aims at providing some basic ways of how to do the job efficiently and how to carry out a reform on the basis of scientific research.The ...The way of English teaching for English majors is a process of change.The paper aims at providing some basic ways of how to do the job efficiently and how to carry out a reform on the basis of scientific research.The paper points out that only if students can participate actively in the process of learning,combine English culture and thinking mode,use the right hemisphere and left hemisphere of the brain together,and stress the graduation thesis,can teaching and learning go more efficiently.展开更多
In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the tr...In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the translation teaching for college English majors. Fundamentally, I suppose this is largely caused by the lack of market consciousness in translation teaching.Therefore, finding out the strategies to solve the problem is of great significance.展开更多
Interlanguage is a unique and changing language system in the process of the second language learners learning the target language. With the improvement of learning, interlanguage gradually approaches to the correct f...Interlanguage is a unique and changing language system in the process of the second language learners learning the target language. With the improvement of learning, interlanguage gradually approaches to the correct form of target language. However, due to the differences between target language and native language, errors will inevitably occur in the course of study. Error analysis requires language teachers to analyze the language learners' errors and guide teaching the language.展开更多
Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditi...Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches forthe non-English major in the traditional teaching context in some universities in Guangxi,with the purpose of proposing some workablesuggestions.展开更多
The study delves into the online teaching practice that uses "Rain Classroom" for the school-based curriculum of college English and explored whether such a teaching mode can arouse students’ interests in l...The study delves into the online teaching practice that uses "Rain Classroom" for the school-based curriculum of college English and explored whether such a teaching mode can arouse students’ interests in learning,and enhance their learning effect and satisfaction by means of a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews to collect feedback from students of art or physical education majors on the effectiveness of Rain Classroom-based teaching for quantitative and qualitative analysis.The collected data indicates that this teaching mode was greatly accepted by these students,who showed strong interests in learning,but as they were not disciplined much in their studies,their learning effect was not significant.Therefore,this paper concluded therefore that we should integrate such smart teaching modes as Rain Classroom with traditional classroom teaching styles to tap the benefits of blended learning which features the combination of information technology(IT) with foreign language teaching.展开更多
With the deepening of global economic integration, the internationalization of education has become the trend of education development in the world. The paper intends to study on foreign teachers' teaching validity f...With the deepening of global economic integration, the internationalization of education has become the trend of education development in the world. The paper intends to study on foreign teachers' teaching validity from English majors' students' perspective. The essay mainly adopts the classroom observation method to directly observe foreign teachers' classroom. In addition, the paper used the questionnaire and interview method for the English major students to get the first-hand feedback information to explore the existing problems of foreign teachers and then puts forward some suggestions.There are there parts in this paper. The first part is introduction of background and significance, and then it mainly analyzes performance of English majors from the present situation of the foreign teachers' class, and finally solves some common problems in classroom teaching.展开更多
The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, ...The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.展开更多
Literature often reflects a particular cultural perspective, which can provide an authentic context and situation to language teaching. A foreign culture given through literature may increase the students' underst...Literature often reflects a particular cultural perspective, which can provide an authentic context and situation to language teaching. A foreign culture given through literature may increase the students' understanding of that culture and spur their own imagination. Therefore, it is very significant for English teachers to improve their self-cultivation of literature and try to apply literature, this intellectually stimulating vehicle, to illustrate language use and to introduce culture. This essay will first examine the significance of literature, correct some misconceptions, and then put forwards some suggestions on the selection and application of literary texts.展开更多
Politeness Principle is the most important principle in language communication, which is also the key factor in language application. To achieve the successful communication, communicators not only observe Cooperation...Politeness Principle is the most important principle in language communication, which is also the key factor in language application. To achieve the successful communication, communicators not only observe Cooperation Principle, but also Politeness Principle. The traditional English classroom teaching generally follow CP in universities, however, PP gradually becomes the basic norms in the influence of ecological teaching idea. This paper attempts to study application of PP in teaching combined with video transfer materials, aiming to stimulate students' enthusiasm on learning English and improve teachers' teaching level, building up a harmonious and friendly classroom environment.展开更多
文摘Chinese non-English majors are a large group of English learners.In the process of English pronunciation acquisition,issues such as incomplete phonological knowledge,transfer of mother tongue,and overgeneralization,lead to confusion of phonemes and stress,misunderstanding of syllable structure,and errors of assimilation,drop,and epenthesis.The accuracy of English pronunciation can only be improved by knowing both English and Chinese phonological systems,strengthening the teaching of English phonological knowledge,and adopting various phonological training activities.
文摘This article aims at the discussion of cultural interferences in foreign language teaching and learning for Chinese non-English majors. It also calls for more attention from teachers, textbook compilers, and students themselves.
文摘Grammar is very important in language learning. The mastery of English grammar is the basic English skill. However,most non-English majors are relatively poor in English and English grammar. They think grammar learning is boring and have a negative attitude towards grammar. So,it's necessary and urgent to teach them grammar.
文摘Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps about the English learning have appeared. So this paper tries to put forward some effective ways to reform the oral English teaching for non-English majors based on FIF--a cell phone app about oral English learning after analyzing the status quo of current oral English teaching and learning and the advantages of FIF.
文摘This paper presents some reflections on non-English major postgraduate English teaching reform. The author points out some understandings on the English proficiency of non-English major postgraduate students and curriculum changes in the reform. The author thinks that postgraduate English teaching reform is a systematic project, with a goal to meet the practical needs of postgraduate students and improve their ability to use English in their study and work. Hence, every effort of the reform should be made to satisfy the practical needs of the students and to make their English study contribute to their achievements in their own subject area.
文摘This paper first stated some related theories of cooperative learning and English reading teaching.And then an applicationof cooperative learning in English reading teaching of art majors in independent college is implemented based on these literature re-views.The aim of the experiment is to explore the impact of the application of cooperative learning strategies.It mainly discussedthe following questions:(1)Can the group cooperative learning improve students'reading achievement?(2)What factors contributeto the success/failure of cooperative learning?(3)What are the favorite cooperative learning models in reading classes?The experi-ment proved that cooperative learning does not truly improve art students’reading achievement in independent college,but it real-ly has a positive role in promoting the students'learning interest,motivation and emotional attitude.The experiment also indicatesthat cooperative learning is still a valuable teaching strategy for applying,and GI,LT,TGT and other cooperative learning modelare welcomed by classmates.
文摘In this paper,the author will describe the pragmatics and its development in China,and apply the Equivalent Effect Theory,Relevance Theory and Speech Act Theory in college English translation teaching to stress the importance of pragmatics on translation learning for non-English majors.
文摘Using English original movies for listening teaching has become a new way for listening teaching.Based on the related researches,some ways of teaching English listening with original English movies are given with a teaching example.
文摘China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters(CATTI)is the most authoritative accreditation for translation and interpretation qualification in China.It is an important task to improve English majors’translating and interpreting ability in specialist cultivation.By applying CATTI level 3 to translation course teaching for English majors,this paper aims to explore CATTI participation in teaching practice from the perspective of teaching contents,teaching forms,and teaching methods so as to realize close integration between CATTI and cultivation of English majors in translation for training more qualified translators and interpreters.
文摘The way of English teaching for English majors is a process of change.The paper aims at providing some basic ways of how to do the job efficiently and how to carry out a reform on the basis of scientific research.The paper points out that only if students can participate actively in the process of learning,combine English culture and thinking mode,use the right hemisphere and left hemisphere of the brain together,and stress the graduation thesis,can teaching and learning go more efficiently.
文摘In recent years, the number of English major graduates is increasing dramatically, while many enterprises can not find satisfied translation talents. Such an imbalance between supply and demand makes us rethink the translation teaching for college English majors. Fundamentally, I suppose this is largely caused by the lack of market consciousness in translation teaching.Therefore, finding out the strategies to solve the problem is of great significance.
文摘Interlanguage is a unique and changing language system in the process of the second language learners learning the target language. With the improvement of learning, interlanguage gradually approaches to the correct form of target language. However, due to the differences between target language and native language, errors will inevitably occur in the course of study. Error analysis requires language teachers to analyze the language learners' errors and guide teaching the language.
文摘Word is deemed as one of the indispensable building blocks of a language;however,the non-English major in China is suffer-ing from the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches.This paper tries to analyze the traditional vocabulary teaching approaches forthe non-English major in the traditional teaching context in some universities in Guangxi,with the purpose of proposing some workablesuggestions.
基金“A Study on Culturally Responsive Teaching for Sichuan Minority Students Enrolled in Teacher Training Institutions and Majoring in English”(TER2020-012)a project of the Center for Teacher Education Research at Sichuan province,Sichuan Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences,“An Empirical Study on the Translation Process”(16SB0054)a humanities and social sciences project of the Education Department of Sichuan province。
文摘The study delves into the online teaching practice that uses "Rain Classroom" for the school-based curriculum of college English and explored whether such a teaching mode can arouse students’ interests in learning,and enhance their learning effect and satisfaction by means of a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews to collect feedback from students of art or physical education majors on the effectiveness of Rain Classroom-based teaching for quantitative and qualitative analysis.The collected data indicates that this teaching mode was greatly accepted by these students,who showed strong interests in learning,but as they were not disciplined much in their studies,their learning effect was not significant.Therefore,this paper concluded therefore that we should integrate such smart teaching modes as Rain Classroom with traditional classroom teaching styles to tap the benefits of blended learning which features the combination of information technology(IT) with foreign language teaching.
文摘With the deepening of global economic integration, the internationalization of education has become the trend of education development in the world. The paper intends to study on foreign teachers' teaching validity from English majors' students' perspective. The essay mainly adopts the classroom observation method to directly observe foreign teachers' classroom. In addition, the paper used the questionnaire and interview method for the English major students to get the first-hand feedback information to explore the existing problems of foreign teachers and then puts forward some suggestions.There are there parts in this paper. The first part is introduction of background and significance, and then it mainly analyzes performance of English majors from the present situation of the foreign teachers' class, and finally solves some common problems in classroom teaching.
文摘The extending of Chinese internationalization proposes higher requests on the translation markets, which means more and more high-qualified translators and interpreters are needed to meet the market demands. However, the traditional"teacher and text-centered"translation teaching methods can not equip the students with skillful and practical ability to satisfy the requirements of the society. Therefore, this paper explores a new translation teaching model which suggests more efficient and quicker ways to cultivate available interpreters and translators for the translation market.
文摘Literature often reflects a particular cultural perspective, which can provide an authentic context and situation to language teaching. A foreign culture given through literature may increase the students' understanding of that culture and spur their own imagination. Therefore, it is very significant for English teachers to improve their self-cultivation of literature and try to apply literature, this intellectually stimulating vehicle, to illustrate language use and to introduce culture. This essay will first examine the significance of literature, correct some misconceptions, and then put forwards some suggestions on the selection and application of literary texts.
文摘Politeness Principle is the most important principle in language communication, which is also the key factor in language application. To achieve the successful communication, communicators not only observe Cooperation Principle, but also Politeness Principle. The traditional English classroom teaching generally follow CP in universities, however, PP gradually becomes the basic norms in the influence of ecological teaching idea. This paper attempts to study application of PP in teaching combined with video transfer materials, aiming to stimulate students' enthusiasm on learning English and improve teachers' teaching level, building up a harmonious and friendly classroom environment.